Why all religions believe that there is a real life after death? What if not?

Answer 1

There are plenty of religions that don't believe in life after death. The goal of Buddhism, for example, is to achieve the state of Nirvana, or enlightenment, which is simply the recognition that the universe is just an illusion and ultimately nothing matters; not even yourself.

But the reason that so many religions DO believe in life after death is because it would give our lives more meaning and hope. Otherwise, after you die your life is pretty much meaningless if you simply cease to exist.

Answer 2

Because that is oe of the main reasons religion exists. It's a comfort for people to believe that they will not cease to exist, and it's very hard and scary to imagine your own non existence. It is also a comfort to think that your loved ones are still around in some way or another, after they die. That they watch over us or are safe and happy. Really, though, the idea of life after death makes little if no sense. Even if there were a life after death, what would be the point to it? WOuld we just float around for eternity in some vague way? Or keep on being reincarnated over and over? To what end? The idea is essentially just as meaningless when you think about it as the meainglesness we are all afraid of in our own lies and that makes us want to believe that we go on.
If there isn't an afterlife, what there will be is simply nothingness. We don't know we're dead, or feel it. All our memories and thoughts simply vanish. It's not a nice thought, but that's the way it is. If you've ever been put under general anaesthetic or had a particularly deep sleep when you weren't aware of time passing or dreaming or anything, I expect death is like that. Just a void.

Answer 3

The belief in after-life reaches far past the time we can conceive. This was a belief even before the structured religions. There was a hypotheses even put forth by the Scientist realm after researching bodies at death. The hypothesis stems from the approximate weight of the soul. At the point of death the body at that point lost the exact amount or very close to what the Scientist believe to be the souls weight. So through out history from start until now ranging from the (supposedly) uneducated peoples of the past to Scientist of today believing in a soul that departs from the body is a pretty good indication that religion is correct.

If not? Who is going to care. :)

Answer 4

I have a copy of the original book that "Ghost" the movie, was created from!

In it there is a preacher, the original is a bit different from the movie. He is a very wise, old, black preacher.

And he says, "The only reason people don't believe in life after death is because they are scared to believe! That's right! They are too chicken.

They let the fear that they might be judged scare them away from the truth.

They don't fool me, they don't appear to believe because they don't want to believe.

It plain and simple makes them uncomfortable about where they might go, and they convince themselves they would just rather go nowhere, then go somewhere they might not like, or just cause' they don't know where.

So they prefer nothing to something! That's why the words "till death do you part" are in the wedding ceremony, but not in the Bible!

Cause' they are plain and simply man's biggest cop out!

I think the preacher was angry at man for taking this view, and wished instead that more people believed in the profound love, wisdom, and understanding of a higher power.

And that would inspire more people to believe, which would change everything.

Like taking our heads out of the proverbial "paper bag" about it. I really liked it, cause it's a whole nother take on it.

Answer 5

Well I don't believe in life after death. I think we all know what being dead is like, it will be just the same as before we were born. It is a very profound question though and I can see why some people make up the notion of an afterlife to help them deal with it. I think that they find it comforting. It is a nice thought that one will live on forever. It's just not for me though. I think my more realistic view is better. Then one can make the most of this life. The only life one ever gets.

Answer 6

Not all religions believe in life after death. I've heard of some that believe our souls are absorbed into the earth. Others probably believe that the end is just the end.

Answer 7

Not all religions do believe in a life after death, and as for those that do, they are just following a nihilistic path that will make them unhappy for the length of their existence as the y work towards an unproven end that has been promised to be a paradise.

Answer 8

Well – understand that all religions around the world basically follow the very same protocol. There’s a savior of man that comes to redeem men but is killed by the very same people that he came to save. The belief is that we are judged by the way we chose to live our life, and that we are to supposably follow the ways of our savior. The after life is based upon our performance in this life will either be rewarding or not so pleasant to us. The dynamics of energy as we have come to understand it, says that energy never dies - it is only transferred. The body is not who we are, it is only the vessel that sustains us in our reality – 3rd density. Just as a deep sea explorer needs a vessel to sustain him under the pressure of the water, a space explorer needs a suite as well. We humans require our bodies to sustain us here (10,000 pound per sq. inch in the air). Apparently somehow in the teachings of the ancients, they always understood that death and life goes and in hand, so how can there be death without life and life without death? Both happen to be an illusion of our perception.

Answer 9

First of all...what would a persons interpretation of " real life " as you phrased it, be ? To be a spirit looking as ' human form '...to become an angel...to become beautifully formless soul 'energy' that blends with all yet still has it's individual sense (as I believe).

Would we as humans live our lifes any different knowing the answer of what is the 'real life' after death?

Personally, I believe that by experiencing human death 'real life' is then opened up...the seeing the One again . . . God...as we are all one.

And your question of..." What if not " . . . Well then if " not " then we would not be experiencing anything at all after human death, we'd become non-existent and of no knowingness. If that was the case...then why wonder...simply live today as it is.

Personally I very much believe in " real life" after this life. Authentic life.

Simply this woman, this soul's opinion.

Answer 10

Not all religions believe in a life after death. But for those who do - "what if there is nothing after death?" Well, they won't even know that they've been deceived. They won't even be able to be disappointed.

But on the other hand - if there is life after death, what about those people who were so sure there wasn't? That's the bigger question, isn't it?